App Annie recently released the top ten list of mobile game revenue and downloads in 2018, among which "fate / grand order" developed by Sony's Aniplex became the mobile game with the highest revenue in 2018, followed by "glory of the king".
Previously, sensor tower had predicted that the revenue of "glory of the king" on IOS platform alone would reach 1.8 billion US dollars in 2018. In addition, there is a very familiar game in the income list - "candy crush saga", which has been released for more than 5 years and is ranked fourth in the list. It can be said that it is an evergreen tree and also the most classic Sanxiao mobile game at present!
In the top ten, there is also a domestic mobile game - "dream journey to the west", ranked sixth. In addition, games familiar to players such as Pokemon go, Dragon Ball Z fight, tribal conflict and royal war are also on the list.
In terms of application (APP), Tencent video, iqiyi, Youku, etc. are all in the top ten of the income list. It should be noted that the statistics of the list are as of December 15, 2018, and the statistics do not include the third-party Android in China.
In the 2018 mobile download ranking list, candy crush saga reappeared, ranking seventh, and pubg mobile ranked third. Appannie forecasts that in 2018, the number of IOS and Google play app downloads in the world will exceed 113 billion times, up 10% year on year.
The top 10 downloads of mobile games in 2018: helix jump, subway parkour, pubg mobile, free fire, love ball, rise up, candy legend, happy water cup, sniper 3D assassin and kick the buddy.
Mobile game has become one of the important scenarios for smart phone users. As the largest mobile game market in the world, China has hundreds of millions of mobile game players, which not only affects the ecological construction of game content, but also drives the development of mobile phone industry.
For example, in the middle of 2018, there will be a sub category of 'game phones', and related' mobile game peripherals' will appear to enrich the player experience. By 2019, with the advent of 5g era, cloud games will become a major trend, thus further enriching the mobile game market. This is good news for game players, device manufacturers and content developers.